iGRAD-Plant

The DFG-funded International Graduate School for Plant Science (IRTG 2466 "Network, exchange, and training program to understand plant resource allocation") is offering an international PhD program with excellent research possibilities for young scientists. iGRAD-Plant is a joint program with the Research Center Jülich and the Genetics program of the Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. In order to achieve international research experience all PhD students in the iGRAD-Plant program perform a 6 to 9 month research stay at the Michigan State University, one of the leading universities of plant science in the USA. Research areas and training are covered in Molecular Plant Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology, Synthetic Biology, Quantitative Biology as well as Computational Biology.

For short information see iGRAD-Plant Flyer

The program is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).